Hwang wrote the libretto to Howard Shore's opera The Fly, based on David Cronenberg's 1986 film of the same name ; the opera premiered on July 2, 2008 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France with Cronenberg as director and Plácido Domingo conducting.

He also wrote what are perhaps his best-known works of non-fiction: World Revolution ( 1937 ), a history of the rise and fall of the Communist International, which was critically praised by Leon Trotsky ; and The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L ' Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution ( 1938 ), a widely acclaimed history of the Haitian Revolution, which would later be seen as a seminal text in the study of the African diaspora.

Cory wrote many books, including The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo ( 1885 ), The Birds of the West Indies ( 1889 ) and The Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin ( 1909 ).

Because of his participation in the Argentine " Generation of ' 37 ", a group of young and liberal intellectuals heavily influenced by the Enlightenment and liberal thought ( among these young men were, also, Esteban Echeverría and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento ), and his refusal to swear allegiance to the Federal regime of the feared caudillo ( military and political strongman ) Juan Manuel de Rosas, in opposition to whom he wrote several books, Alberdi in 1838 fled Argentina to begin a voluntary exile: first, in Montevideo ; then, in Europe ; and, afterward, in Chile.

Von Hoffman also wrote a libretto for Deborah Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra for the Los Angeles Opera which was performed in the 2003 / 04 season under the direction of Plácido Domingo.

Stockdale wrote a Letter to Granville Sharp, suggested by the present Insurrection of the Negros in the Island of St. Domingo in 1791.

Under the name " Adam Hall ," he also wrote " The Volcanoes of San Domingo " about a mysterious plane crash off the coast of San Domingo and the efforts to uncover what really happened.

Around the same time, Peruvian archaeologist Arturo Ruiz Estrada, of the National University José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, and Peruvian engineer Domingo Torero visited the fortress and wrote a detailed account describing the architectural features of the site.

The population of Santo Domingo grew from about 6, 000 in 1737 to approximately 125, 000 in 1790.

The Army, twice as large as the other services combined with about 24, 000 active duty personnel, consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade ; the Air Force operates two main bases, one in southern region near Santo Domingo and one in the northern region of the country, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft including helicopters ; and the Navy maintains three aging vessels which were donated from the United States, around 25 patrol crafts and interceptor boats and two helicopters.

* Museum Fort San Domingo Exhibition in Tamsui about the Dutch history of Taiwan

New Age beliefs about Hunab Ku derive from the work of Mexican philosopher Domingo Martínez Parédez ( 1904 – 1984 ), who first presented his interpretation of the concept in 1953 and expanded upon his ideas in a subsequent book, Hunab Kú: Síntesis del pensamiento filosófico maya ( 1964 ).

It was designed by architects Mario Pani, Enrique del Moral, Domingo García Ramos, Armando Franco Rovira, Ernesto Gómez Gallardo and others, and it encloses the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, about 40 faculties and institutes, the Cultural Center, an ecological reserve, the Central Library, and a few museums.

* Gayarre ( 1958 ), by Domingo Viladomat, a biopic about Julián Gayarre, performed by Alfredo Kraus.

Domingo was interested in starring in a stage musical about Goya and suggested to producer Alan Carr that Yeston would be the right person to create the vehicle, since Domingo had admired Yeston's work on Nine.

There is an increasing number of Puerto Rican immigrants in and around Santo Domingo ; they are believed to number at about 10, 000.

Fulbright raised serious objections to President John F. Kennedy about the impending Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, and also to President Lyndon B. Johnson on the 1965 Dominican Civil War in Santo Domingo.

During the same year, Audience of Santo Domingo initiated investigations leading to know about the irregular activities performed by Rio de la Hacha seniors officials who were involved in a deal with John Hawkins.

San Cristobal Is located about on the DR-2 from Santo Domingo and close to Bajos de Haina.

In it, the host Pepe Domingo Castaño relates its many qualities and awards before singing a Corrido about the tractor.

In looking at the works of Domingo Sarmiento, he picked up Sarmiento's themes of " civilization " and " barbarism ", but with a greater ambivalence about the virtues of civilization than were found in the earlier writer.

* In 1720, Philip Francois Renault, the Director of Mining Operations for the Company of the West, arrived with about 200 laborers and mechanics and 500 African slaves from Santo Domingo to work the mines.

In about 1865 someone at the Domingo Ghirardelli factory discovered that by hanging a bag of cocoa mass ( ground cacao beans ) in a warm room, the cocoa butter would drip off, leaving behind a residue that can then be processed into cocoa powder.

The city is located in the northwest part of the state, along the river Santo Domingo in the Andean foothills about 165 km from the city of Mérida and 525 km from Caracas.

Early on December 6, a TRMM overpass showed an 80 % closed eyewall, and at 0600 UTC Odette attained peak winds of 65 mph ( 100 km / h ) while located about 245 miles ( 395 km / h ) southwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

It was also about this time that the two sons of Capitan Felipe Custodio, Marcelino and Domingo came home after about ten years of training, experiences and education with the Spanish officials.

The raids according to Domingo Abella-Bikol Annals, " ten towns and two missions were completely destroyed ; ten churches were looted and burned ; about 8, 000 indios were captured or killed ; one priest was killed, two captured, and the capital Caceres, was under alert one night.

Boca Chica has a popular beach with the same name, located about 30 kilometers east of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the south shore of the island of Hispaniola.

Highlights of her career include singing the Olympic hymn at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, representing Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, and performing at the invitation of tenor greats Plácido Domingo and José Carreras at the first Christmas concert in Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union.

The chorus joined Plácido Domingo, Susan Graham, and Yo-Yo Ma in performing at the funeral service for Senator Edward Kennedy on August 28, 2009.

He has shared the stage with the world's greatest singers, including Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Placido Domingo, performing regularly with companies such as the Chicago Lyric, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Dallas, St. Louis, Kennedy Center and San Diego Operas.

In the late nineties, led by Orazi as artistic director, the most important singers of the world performed in the Macerata Opera, performing in both the Sferisterio and the Lauro Rossi theaters: Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballè, Marilyn Horne, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ruggero Raimondi, Mariella Devia, Josè Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson, and Raina Kabaivanska.

Since then, the Center has been the central part of performing arts and cultural presentations in the island ’ s metropolitan area, hosting internationally renowned stars such as Plácido Domingo, and various plays, ballets, operas, and similar artistic expositions.

Though opera patronage has decreased in the last century in favor of other arts and media ( such as musicals, cinema, radio, television and recordings ), mass media and the advent of recording have supported the popularity of many famous singers including Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Kirsten Flagstad, Mario Del Monaco, Risë Stevens, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling, Feodor Chaliapin, and " The Three Tenors " ( Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras ).

Finally, stagings and recordings of the original five-act French version of the opera have become more frequent, performances having been given at the Teatro alla Scala in 1970 featuring Plácido Domingo with Katia Ricciarelli, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1996, with Roberto Alagna as Don Carlos ( which has been released on CD and DVD ), and at the San Francisco Opera in 1986 and 2003.

* 1974: Madama Butterfly, a German television adaptation of the opera starring Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

In the 1980s he made a series of successful films adapting opera to the screen, with such stars as Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons, and Katia Ricciarelli.

A 1989 production of the opera by the San Francisco Opera featured noted tenor Placido Domingo in the role of da Gama.

Currently, Plácido Domingo has appeared in more video productions of the opera than any other tenor.

Many top international opera singers have performed in the theatre, such as Barbara Hendricks, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Roberto Alagna, René Pape and Inva Mula.

Members of the soap opera performed on Siempre en Domingo ( Always on Sunday ), among other TV programs.

In 1985 she collaborated with the Hispanic group Hermanos in the song Cantaré, cantarás in which she sings a solo segment with the Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo.

The American mezzo-soprano Barbara Dever ( born 25 December 1951 ) is an opera singer who has appeared with Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Nello Santi and James Levine.

Gabilondo's songs have also been recorded by opera singer Plácido Domingo, French singer Mireille Mathieu, and Argentine singer Libertad Lamarque, among other world-famous performers.

On 2 July 2008 the opera The Fly by Howard Shore to a libretto by David Henry Hwang premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris with Cronenberg as director and Plácido Domingo conducting.

The Three Tenors was a landmark concert in which Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo brought a combination of opera, Neapolitan folksong, musical theatre and pop to a vast television audience.

Caballé recorded both the title role in Bellini's opera Norma ( for RCA Red Seal in 1972, opposite Plácido Domingo as Pollione ) and later the role of Adalgisa ( to Joan Sutherland's Norma ) in the 1984 Decca recording conducted by Richard Bonynge.

In 2003, she starred in her own documentary film Caballé Beyond Music, which featured many well-known opera singers, including Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, and Renée Fleming.

During its nearly 70 year history, the NYCO has helped launch the careers of many great opera singers including Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Carol Vaness, José Carreras, Shirley Verrett, Tatiana Troyanos, Jerry Hadley, Catherine Malfitano, Bejun Mehta, Samuel Ramey, and Gianna Rolandi.

Her final opera appearance was as Lucia to the Edgardo of twenty-one-year-old Plácido Domingo in 1962 at the Fort Worth Opera.

Nominees for the 25th Grammy Awards included Elton John for Visions: Elton John, Olivia Newton-John for Olivia Physical, the rock band The Tubes for The Tubes Video, a recording of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffman by the Royal Opera conducted by Georges Prêtre with Plácido Domingo, and the interactive disc for children Fun and Games by various artists ( produced by Margaret Murphy ).

She also appeared in a few opera films, notably Pagliacci, opposite Jon Vickers in 1968, Il trovatore, opposite Franco Bonisolli, in 1975, and Tosca, opposite Plácido Domingo, in 1976.

In addition, although touring opera is now rare, in earlier days the Sony Centre played host to The Met and to such towering voices as those of Birgit Nilsson, Placido Domingo and Renata Scotto.

The first concert was held to raise money for Carreras's foundation ; it was also for friends Domingo and Pavarotti a way to welcome their friend back into the world of opera after his successful treatment of leukemia.

In The Simpsons episode " Homer of Seville ", Homer becomes an opera star and gives advice to Plácido Domingo, while referring to him as his " third favorite " of the Three Tenors.